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Pickering Interfaces strives to fulfil all relevant environmental laws and regulations and reduce wastes and releases to the environment. Pickering Interfaces aims to design and operate products in a way that protects the environment and the health and safety of its employees, customers and the public. Pickering Interfaces endeavours to develop and manufacture products that can be produced, distributed, used and recycled, or disposed of, in a safe and environmentally friendly manner.
PRODUCT SAFETY SAFETY SYMBOLS The following safety symbols may be used on the product and throughout the product documentation. MEANING / DESCRIPTION SYMBOL PROTECTIVE EARTH (GROUND) To identify any terminal which is intended for connection to an external conductor for protection against electric shock in case of a fault, or the terminal of a protective earth (ground) electrode.
Not to be used in safety critical circuits, refer to the Pickering Interfaces’ terms & conditions of sale. This module must not be used for the switching of Mains Circuits. For the switching of voltages up to the module’s full specification, Secondary Circuit power supplies and the Device Under Test must...
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CAUTION - PRODUCT DOCUMENTATION SYMBOL Suitably qualified & trained users should ensure that the accompanying documentation is fully read and understood before attempting to install or operate the product. SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS All cleaning and servicing requires the equipment to be isolated and disconnected from the power source and user I/O signals (refer to the Maintenance Section).
• Supported by eBIRST ™ signals from multiple modules. However, for applications that • 3 Year Warranty require a very large matrix, Pickering’s BRIC™ modules are best suited. The 40-535/536/537 are ultra high density PXI switching matrices constructed with reed relays. The range is as follows: Supported by eBIRST •...
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Connectors All reed relays are manufactured by our sister company Pickering PXI bus via 32-bit P1/J1 backplane connector. Electronics: pickeringrelay.com Signals via front panel 96-pin male micro-D connector, for pin outs please refer to the operating manual.
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For more information go to: pickeringtest.com/ebirst Product Customization Product Test Tool Adaptor Termination Pickering PXI modules are designed and manufactured on our own 40-535/6/7 93-002-001 93-002-226 93-016-103 flexible manufacturing lines, giving complete product control and Spare Relay Kits enabling simple customization to meet very specific requirements.
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We provide a full range of supporting cable and connector solutions for all our switching products—20 connector families with 1200+ products. We offer everything from simple mating connectors to complex cables assemblies and terminal blocks. All assemblies are manufactured by Pickering and are guaranteed to mechanically and electrically mate to our modules. Connectors & Backshells...
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Ultra High Density Matrix – 40-535/536/537 Programming Pickering provide kernel, IVI and VISA (NI & Keysight) drivers which are compatible with all Microsoft supported versions of Windows and popular older versions. For a list of all supporting operating systems, please see: pickeringtest.com/os...
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SECTION 1 - TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION pickering THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY BLANK ULTRA HIGH DENSITY MATRIX MODULE 40-535/536/537 Page 1.6...
SECTION 2 - TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION pickering SECTION 2 - TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION A functional block diagram is provided in Figure 2.1. The Ultra High Density Matrix Module is powered by a +5V input via Compact PCI connector J1. The interface to the user test equipment is via the front panel mounted 96-pin micro-D connector, J2.
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Modular products require installation in a suitable PXI/LXI chassis. The module is designed for indoor use only. PREOPERATION CHECKS (UNPACKING) 1. Check the module for transport damage and report any damage immediately to Pickering Interfaces. Do not attempt to install the product if any damage is evident.
For a system comprising more than one chassis, turn ON the last chassis in the system followed by the penultimate, etc, and finally turn ON the external controller or chassis containing the system controller. 9. For Pickering Interfaces modular LXI installation there is no requirement to use any particular power up sequence.
Figure 3.2 - General Soft Front Panel Icon A selector panel will appear, listing all installed Pickering PCI, PXI or LXI switch cards and resistor cards. Click on the card you wish to control, and a graphical control panel is presented allowing operation of the card.
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SECTION 4 - PROGRAMMING GUIDE PROGRAMMING OPTIONS FOR PICKERING INTERFACES PXI MODULES For information on the installation and use of drivers and the programming of Pickering’s products in various software environments, please refer to the Software User Manual. This is available as a download from: https://www.pickeringtest.com/support/software-drivers-and-downloads...
SECTION 4 - PROGRAMMING GUIDE pickering MODULE ARCHITECTURE The 40-535 is a single 1-pole switching matrix with 92 connections on the X-axis and 4 connections on the Y-axis. Connections are made by operating the relays at the crosspoints between X and Y lines allowing single X-Y connections, or X-X connections using a Y line as a path.
Once the drivers are installed the manual “Sys40Prg.pdf” and driver help files which fully describes these functions can be found in the Pickering folder(s) or the Pickering entries on your Start Menu. The card must be opened before use and closed after using the following function calls: Direct I/O Driver - Open with PIL_OpenCards or PIL_OpenSpecifiedCard and close with PIL_CloseCards or PIL_CloseSpecifiedCards respectively.
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SECTION 5 - CONNECTOR INFORMATION pickering SECTION 5 - CONNECTOR INFORMATION Figure 5.1 - Pinout: 40-535-021 Single 1-Pole 92x4 Ultra High Density Matrix Module (96-pin male micro-D connector viewed from front of module) ULTRA HIGH DENSITY MATRIX MODULE 40-535/536/537 Page 5.1...
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SECTION 5 - CONNECTOR INFORMATION pickering Figure 5.3 - Pinout: 40-537-021 & 40-537-021-S Single 1-Pole 44x8 Ultra High Density Matrix Module (96-pin male micro-D connector viewed from front of module) Note: On the screened version, reed relay screen is connected to the the front panel ground (GND).
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PCI configuration, highlighting any potential configuration problems. Specific details of all installed Pickering switch cards are included. All the installed Pickering switch cards should be listed in the “Pilpxi information” section - if one or more cards is missing it may be possible to determine the reason by referring to the PCI configuration dump contained in the report, but interpretation of this information is far from straightforward, and the best course is to contact Pickering support: support@pickeringtest.com, if possible...
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For PXI modules which are supported in one of Pickering Interfaces’ Modular LXI Chassis (such as the 60-102B and 60-103B) no module software update is required. If the module was introduced after the LXI chassis was manufactured the module may not be recognized, in this case the chassis firmware may need upgrading.
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SECTION 7 - MAINTENANCE INFORMATION pickering RELAY LOOK-UP TABLES NOTE: Relays on the motherboard are highlighted in blue and relays on the daughterboard are highlighted in yellow. TABLE 7.1 - 92x4 Ultra High Density Matrix 40-535-021 Relay Numbering - Motherboard...
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SECTION 7 - MAINTENANCE INFORMATION pickering TABLE 7.2 - 92x4 Ultra High Density Matrix 40-535-021 Relay Numbering - Daughterboard Matrix Matrix Matrix Matrix Relay Relay Relay Relay Crosspoint Crosspoint Crosspoint Crosspoint ULTRA HIGH DENSITY MATRIX MODULE 40-535/536/537 Page 7.3...
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